Partitionless cane car



' Aug. 30, 1927.

1,640,785 R. J. MAGOR PARTITIONLESS CANE CAR Fild June 19, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 INVENTOR. I IROBERT J. MAGOR A TTORNE Y.

Aug. 30, 1927. R. J. MAGOR PARTITIONLESS\C ANE CAR 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed June 19. 1926 I N VEN TOR. ROBERT J..MAGOR O/WM QOdaw A TTORNE Y.

Patented Aug. 30, 1 927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J. MAGOR, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO MAGOR CAR COR- PORATION, OF NEW YORK, IQ. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PARTITIONLESS CANE CAR.

Application filed June 19,

The invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of cane cars and the invention specifically relates to the simplification of the side structures of such cars in the matter of bracing the mountings tor the side gates and for locking the same.

It has been usual in structures of this char acter heretofore to divide the interior of the car into separate compartments by means of a plurality of transverse partitions extending between'the opposite sides, and a gate was provided on each side for each compartment. The gates were locked in position by locking rods mounted on the side of the carfor engaging the lower edge of-each gate and as there had to be a separate locking rod for each gate and for each gate the rod extended to the adjacent end of the car, there resulted a multiplicity of rods along the side of the car which tended to form a cumbersome and unsightly appearing structure.

There isno longer any necessity for dividing these cars into their separate, relatively short compartments, because the bins for receiving their contents have been elongated sutlicient to take the entire contents of a car. Under these circumstances, the presence of the partitions is not only unnecessary but objectionable in that the partitions tend to materially decrease the space in the car available to contain the cane or other lading. WVith the elimination of any necessity for dumping the sections separately, there has been eliminated the necessity of controlling the locking means of each sepa rate door independently of each other door. The suggestion to eliminate the partitions entirely is objectionable in that 'it' would leave the usual belt rail from which the gates are suspended as a trail structure which could not be made economically of a rigid ity to withstand the strains to which such structures are subjected while in use. The

belt rails on opposite sides could not becon- V nected by tie rods or the like for it is desired that the top of the car beopen to receive the cane or other ladingl v Accordingly, the primary object of the inventionis to provide a more simplified form or cane car or similar type ofcar than hasbeen known heretofore, which will incidentally be of cheaper construction than the similar partitioned cars, to provide a car side which will possessthe necessary struc-' 1926. Serial No. 117,046.

tural strength'to withstand strains to which the side forming parts are subjected and at thesame time to provide a car which can be freeot the usual partitions and leave a wide open top exposed at least down the medial center of the car from end to end.

Broadly, this invention is attained by the substitution of buttress braces at opposite sides of the car where the partitions have been installed heretofore and to dispose these braces so that they will act to transmit strains from the belt rail sharply downwardly and slightly inwardly into the car and on to the cross bearer element or other strain receiving element forming part of the car lading as it is dumped into the top of the car and cause the same to collect in position so that it may be conveniently dumped from the side of the car when the side gates are released. 7

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be in part obvious from an inspection of the accompanyingdrawings and in part will'bemore fully set forth in the following particular description of one form of device embodying my invention, and the invention also consists in certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of one half of a our side illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, it being understood that the other half of the car'is of similar construction with obvious reversal in parts Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical transversesectional view taken on the'line 2.2 ofFig.

the line 4:4 of Fig. and

Figs. 5 and 6 are detailed horizontal sectional views taken respectively on the lines 5 5 and 66 of Fig. 2 looking downwardly as indicated by the arrows.

In the following description .and in the claims, parts will be identified by specific names for convenience of expression but they are intended to be as generic in their application to similar parts as the art will permit.

In the drawing, thereis shown a cane car of somewhat conventional design and including an underframe 10 provided with sides at its outer end and one of which sides is shown in skeleton outline at 11 in Fig. 1. The underfra'me includes a side sill 12 and a center sill 13 between which is positioned cross bearers 14:, one for each of the buttress braces 15 hereinafter more fully described.

The side 11 includes the usual belt rail 16 extending from end to endof the car and above the side sill 12. Also following conventional practices, there IS disclosed side gates 17 and 18, it being understood that in.-

the car illustrated there are three side gates along each side of the car. These gates are hinged attheir upper edges tothe belt rail by conventional forms of binge constructions indicated at 19 and the lower edge 20 of these gates engages the outer side of the side sills when the car is in its normal righted position with the gates hanging from the belt rail.

Positio ed along the outside face of the side sill illustrated in Fig. 1 are fixed aligned bearings 22 in which is mounted a gate locking rod 23. The end of the rod nearest the adjacent end of the car is bent laterally to form a lever handle 24 as is usual in such structure. Between the first and second, between the third and fourth, and between the fifth and sixth bearings, the rod is bent to provide three oitlset gate engaging portions 25. In the illustrated showing two such portions engage the adjacent gate 17 and the third portion engages one half of the gate 18. It will be understood that a similar locking rod actuated at the opposite end of the car controls its adjacent endgate and the other half of the gate 18. It is obviously within the scope of the disclosure to use a single rod extending the'length of the car to lock all of thegates on one side of the car, but as this is an awkward structure the two rod arrangement herein disclosed is preferred. By means of this locking structure there is but one rod'at any .pointalong the length. of the car and there has been eliminated the objectionable prior structure of two or more rods extended along portions of theflength of the car. v Between adjacent gates the center sill and belt rail are connected by a conventional form. ofpartition post 26 preferably in the form of an outwardlyfacing channel and in this respect this portion of the side resemneaoyas bles the usual partition car structure of this type. Instead of the partitions however there is secured to the partition posts the buttress brace 15 particularly featured in this disclosure. This brace is formed oftwo plates 27 and 28 somewhat triangular shaped as shown in Fig. 2 and extending from the V belt rail 16 through the car floor 29 and secured to the cross bearer l l as shown in Fig. 6 so as to transmit strains downwardly and at a slight angle inwardly to the cross bearer. The plates are secured along their front edges to the outwardly extending flanges of the partition posts and are fastened'thereto by means of rivets 29. Considered in plan, as shown in Fig. 4', the plates are bent towards each other, inwardly of the car, and their inner contacting edges are in abutting engagement and. riveted together by means of rivetsll. the plates are in contact at their upper ends 32 where they "are connected to the belt rail and diverge from eachfother slightly as they Considered in edge elevation 1 approach the floor 29 to whiclrthey are cured by anglesSS (see Figs. 2 and 4) which angles are secured to the upper edge of the cross bearer by rivets 34:. The lower edges of the plates 27 and 28 are bent inwardly towards each other below the angles 33, en gage opposite sides'of the cross bearer 14-. and are secured thereto by means of rivets 35. From this construction it is seen that the buttress brace is wedge shaped in plan as shown in Fig. 3 and this assists in separating the cane or other lading as it dumped through the top of the car causing the same to separate to one side or the other and dispose itself in position facing one or the other of the gates. The spreadingof the brace as it approaches the underframe increases the bracing effect from the top to the bottom of the same and provides a rigid and sustaining brace for the belt rail without using very much material for this purpose and offering the minimum obstruction to the desired clear space within the outlines of the car.

.By means of a device of the character outlined it has been found possible to provide a jstitutions and-changes in the form and details of the. device illustrated andm ltS'Operation maybe made by those skilled. in the art; witl out departing, from the spirit of the inventio'nfi" Having thus described my invention, I claim:

'1. In a partitionless cane car, the co1nbination of an underframe including a side sill, and a cross bearer, of a belt rail extending parallel to the side sill and positioned above the'same, a plurality of side gates hinged at their upper edges to said belt rail and normally depending therefrom and abutting the side sill, two locking rods journalled t0 the side sill and c-oacting to constitute all the means for locking the gates in position engaging the side sill, a partition post between adjacent doors and connecting the side sill and belt rail, and a buttressbrace in rear of the partition post secured thereto and operatively disposed to brace the partition post and belt rail and to transmit strains thereon downwardly and inwardly to the cross bearer.

2. In a partitionless cane car, the combination of an underframe, and side forming elements including a partition post, a buttress brace somewhattriangular shape in elevation extending from the post transversely of the car, said brace riveted at its outer edge to the partition post and provided with a depending plate riveted to the underi 'rame, said brace progressively increasing in horizontal cross sectional area from the top towards the undertrame.

In a car the combination of a side sill, belt rail extending parallel to the sill and positioned above the same, a cross: bearer having its outer, end secured to the side sill, a. buttress brace formed of two plates extending transversely of the car and each plate being of greater width at its bottom than at its top, said plates being each secured at its bottom to oppostie sides of the cross bearer and secured at its top to the belt rail.

at. In a car structure, the combination of a cross bearer, a belt rail, side gates hung from said belt rail, and a hollow, fabricated buttress brace secured to the cross bearer and to the belt rail for bracing the belt rail and for transferring strains thereon to the cross bearer.

In a car structure, a car provided with ing a pair of plates extending from the belt rail downwardly to the undert'rame and each plate projecting laterally and inwardly from the belt rail for a limited distance into the interior of the car.

6. In a partitionless cane car, the combination with a side forming element and a cross bearer, of a partition post, a buttress brace secured at one side to the partition post and extending transversely of the car and operatively connected to transfer strains on said element downwardly and inwardly to the cross bearer.

7. In a partitionless cane car, the combination with a side forming element and a cross bearer, of a buttress brace extending transversely of the car and operatively connected to transfer strains on said element downwardly and inwardly to the cross bearer, said buttress brace increasing in width horizontally and longitudinally of the car from top to bottom.

8. In a car, the combination of an undert'rame including a cross bearer, and means forming a side, a brace for said side disposed to transmit strain thereon, to the cross bearer, said brace having its greatest width adjacent the outer end of said cross bearer and gradually reducing in width inwardly of the car.

9. In a car structure, the combination of a cross bearer, a buttress brace comprising two plates facing each other, secured to each other'at their upper ends and spaced apart on opposite sides of the-upper edge of the cross bearer, the lower edges of said plates engaging opposite sides of the cross bearer and secured thereto.

10. In a car structure, the combination of an underframe including-a cross bearer, a side including a channel constituting a partition post, a buttress brace comprising two triangular plates facing each other, secured to the channel and extending from opposite sides of the channel inwardly of the car, the inner edges of said plates secured together, said plates being spaced apart adjacent their lower edges bent towards each other and having the lower edges engaging opposite sides of the cross bearer.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 17th day of June, A. D; 1926.

ROBERT J. MAGOR. 

